Smart power: Obama using same dumb, patronizing lines with all foreign leaders

posted at 6:35 pm on March 23, 2012 by Allahpundit

To cleanse the palate, a short but vivid look at what America’s Pericles cooks up for those special occasions when he’s welcoming world leaders to the Oval Office. He’s getting a bad rap on “one of our strongest allies” — it’s standard diplomatic boilerplate — but the backhanded compliment about “punching above their weight” is distinctly O in its well-meaning condescension. By the third iteration, I was laughing. See how long you last.

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I wonder if Barry O has any idea that the Philippines is the 12th largest country in the world with a population of nearly 100 million. To say that a country 50% larger than Britain or France but is much less powerful “punches above it’s weight” is ridiculous. But of course we can’t expect Barry to actually know what he’s talking about.